METRO Friday, October 30, 2009 D Make a secure donation online: www.smiletrain.org.uk 2009 The Smile Train. I want to give a child a second chance at life. Your support can help provide free treatment for poor children with clefts and other problems. Mr/Mrs/Ms Address Email Telephone Charge my gift to my: Visa MasterCard Card No. Valid From Exp. Date Issue No. Signature My cheque is enclosed, made payable to The Smile Train (Please note we are unable to accept Postal Orders) Send this coupon with your donation to: The Smile Train, PO Box 11273, Dublin 6 N09102I008H6Y28 200 towards surgery for one child 100 could cover half the cost of one surgery 40 towards medications for one surgery Well gratefully accept any amount These details, including your email address / telephone number, may be used to keep you informed about our future developments. If you do not want to receive such information please tick the box. A healthy diet is a crucial part of pregnancy and can help to prevent birth defects. Make sure you eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and take a multivitamin with 400 micrograms of folic acid every day for a month before conception and throughout early pregnancy. Folic acid has been shown to reduce the risk of neural tube defects of the brain and spinal cord (such as spina bifida) in unborn children, and could help reduce the risk of cleft lip and palate. It is also important to stop smoking. Speak to your GP for further advice, and for more information about clefts, visit www.smiletrain.org.uk We need donations now more than ever. Will you PLEASE help us give a child a second chance at life? OUR DONATIONS ARE DOWN 22% CHILDREN COMING TO US FOR HELP UP 50% Jacksons fortune expands 61millionBy Joel Taylor National College of Ireland is hoping to reconnect with its 50,000 former students with the launch of its online alumni community, alumni.ncirl.ie. NCI president Paul Mooney and former justice minister Nora owen, chair of NCIs alumni leadership Council, launched the site yesterday school reunion YEARS of lavish spending meant he was rumoured to be in money trouble shortly before his untimely demise. But Michael Jacksons death has helped his estate reverse the cash-flow problems which had forced him to auction off stage memorabilia and shut down the Never- land ranch. He has made 61million so far in 2009, of which 48million was earned since his death in June. The bulk of Jacksons posthumous cash came through selling the rights to This Is It, although sales of 9million albums and 5.5million digital downloads since his death also helped boost the spangly- gloved ones income. But despite raking in millions from rights to footage of his final rehearsals, Jackson is not this years top-earning dead celebrity. Forbes magazine puts the former King of Pop in third place behind Yves Saint Laurent and composing duo Rodgers and Hammerstein in its Dead Celebrity Rich List 2009. Fashion designer Laurent earned 239million over the past year, largely because of an auction of his collection of paintings by Mondrian and Matisse. John Lennon came in seventh earn- ing 10million this year. The fortunes of the Imagine singer, who was shot dead in New York in 1980, benefited from the new Beatles: RockBand computer game and the digital remastering and repack- aging of the Fab Fours tunes in a new 16-disc boxset. A Jailhouse Rock-themed Barbie doll helped The King Elvis Presley come fourth in the list, making 38million over the past 12 months. A NEW 3.50 snoring cure is making a big noise with sufferers sleepless partners. Dr Hadi Al-Jassim, a British ear, nose and throat specialist, said the treatment called the snoreplasty is quick and cheap. It is a two-minute procedure done under local anaesthetic in which sodium tetradecyl usually used to treat varicose veins is injected into the roof of the mouth. The injection combats snoring by stopping the soft tissue at the back of the mouth from vibrating. However, the treatment is not yet available in Ireland. new jab can cure snoring Jacko: His estate has benefited since he died index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html